Astronomers using the Southern African Large Telescope SALT have solved a scientific mystery involving a red supergiant star that has been misbehaving.
In the last decade, the star's behaviour changed radically. It faded significantly, its pulsations suppressed, said the South African Astronomical Observatory SAAO in a statement on Thursday.
In 2024, researchers had discovered that the red supergiant star named WOH G64 B had obtained a mysterious dust cloud in addition to its other strange behaviour.
